Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera

It is exactly what it what I said it was, the French guy is just repeating what he reads in the tabloids. Both about Newey to Ferrari and Verstappen to Mercedes. He's not an F1 insider, he's not a reporter in any fashion. He's just a rumormonger.

Originally Posted by multi21

I would like to think LEC is the future and his contract length indicates that, but we've all seen what contracts mean in F1. LEC is a brilliant qualifier and most of the time he is an excellent racer who has shown, when he has the car underneath him, to challenge even Max, but you are invariably correct that he makes silly mistakes. The reason I say HAM will be favored from within is because you don't go through the lengths Ferrari did to bring him in without assuring HAM he will be the main focus of the team. Further, you cannot convince Newey to come to Ferrari to work with LEC as a #1 and Lewis as a #2. Finally, what is more valuable to Ferrari in terms of legacy: having an 8 time WDC in red or LEC with his first? It all points to LEC being odd man out starting in 2025.

Originally Posted by multi21

All the Lewis fan boys out in force now as it's perfectly clear that Lewis had prior knowledge of Newey's move to Ferrari and hence his move away from Mercedes. I never once believed Hamilton when he said he always wanted to be a Ferrari driver as he had NEVER EVER mentioned that in the past.

The only question now is will Ferrari allow LEC to compete straight up with HAM? The answer is no, just like Ron Dennis favored HAM v. ALO at McLaren after their controversial year at McLaren. Ferrari is putting all their eggs into one basket so LEC will have to pull a Rosberg and show some formidable strength and go away from his naturally easy nature and be a killer if he wants to survive against the internal politics at Ferrari.

Originally Posted by LuigiVampa

I predict that Hamilton v LeClerc will be more explosive than Hamilton v Rosberg.

Not sure that is a good thing for Ferrari, which is historically volatile, but it is going to make for some interesting races.

Originally Posted by Carrera51

Maybe Lewis will make Charles push himself the way he made Rosberg dig deep to beat him.

Originally Posted by goin2drt

Originally Posted by goin2drt

Originally Posted by Nowanker

In the F1 world, minds and plans change instantly. Even "F1 Insiders" are likely to bring wrong on (frequent?) occasion.
Unless we're discussing things that have already happened, aren't we all really just rumor mongers?

Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera

Giving credit to the folks who post here, when someone has a juicy rumor they cite the source in order to credit that reporter properly via a link to their website. That is how it should be done.

This French dude is not citing sources and seems to be taking credit for investigating these rumors personally when in fact he is simple regurgitating other's work without giving them credit. That is plagiarism.

Originally Posted by Nowanker

Wrong.
Check out his posts.I can't think of a time when the source of the 'rumor' wasn't stated.
Generally, one of the bazillion European motorsports sites. Some of them, no doubt, could be the motoring equivalent to The Enquirer.